单词 | becudgel |
释义 | becudgelv. To cudgel soundly. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > administer corporal punishment [verb (transitive)] > with cudgel becudgel1591 rib-baste1598 craba1625 fustigate1656 gallantify1672 1591 G. Fletcher Of Russe Common Wealth xiv. f. 51v You shall see..their shinnes thus becudgelled, and bebasted euery morning. 1881 A. J. Duffield tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote 34 To think I will return to mine [home] until I have becudgelled Don Quixote, is vain. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < v.1591 |
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